Add-CIDatastore Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Add-CIDatastore

This cmdlet adds one or more datastores from a vCenter Server system to a provider virtual datacenter (vDC). Note: This cmdlet is only available to Provider Administrators.

Syntax

Add-CIDatastore
-Datastore < Datastore[] >
-ProviderVdc < ProviderVdc >
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-Server < CIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
Datastore Datastore[] named
  • pipeline
Specifies one or more datastores from a vCenter Server system that you want to add to a provider vDC.
required
ProviderVdc ProviderVdc named
Specifies the provider vDC to which you want to add the datastore.
optional ProgressAction ActionPreference named
optional Server CIServer[] named
Specifies the cloud servers on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is provided or $null value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of the Connect-CIServer cmdlet.

Output

VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud.Types.V1.CIDatastore

Examples

Example 1

Get-Datastore -Name *cloud* | Add-CIDatastore -ProviderVdc 'MyProviderVdc'

Adds all datastores with names that contain "cloud" to the specified provider vDC.

Related Commands

CIDatastore

This cmdlet adds one or more datastores to a provider virtual data center (vDC).

This cmdlet retrieves the datastores available on a cloud server.